The show was actually a slow burn success. Viewing figures for the first season were not very good, which wasn't helped by the show being delayed because of a nine week technicians strike which blacked out the ITV network, and Thames Television decided to axe the show. However, the management director felt positive about it and pressured them to commission one more season and to repeat the first. Both of them received much higher viewing figures, and by the third season, was a huge hit. It eventually attracted around 17.5 million viewers in the U.K. at its peak (when there were only 3 or 4 TV channels), and went on to be shown in seventy countries.
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